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Germany's SPD rejects Nato defence spending target

Germany's social democrats (SPD) on Sunday rejected Nato's target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defence. "We clearly say no to the 'two percent target' of Trump and the CDU/CSU", SPD leader Martin Schulz and Thomas Oppermann, who heads the party in parliament, wrote in a joint article. Increasing annual defence expenditure to 2 percent would make Germany the largest military power in Europe, they wrote.